Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46357, Joel Gaylord, Conn. Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Gaylord Joel
S. 46357
Mass.
B. L. Mt. 374-100
CONTENTS

Cert. No. 677
1910 Sept. 19. Hist to Criss Frang P. & Co.
Balance Pay.
168.07
Name: Joel Gaylord Rank: Pri Comp'y: Swift Reg't: Lt. Line
} Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. { Comm'g 2d Issue. { Comm'g 3d Issue. { Comm'g
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. { Sent to 2d Issue. { Sent to 3d Issue. { Sent to
Act 14th July, 1882. Blk. G., Vol., Page Registering Clerk:
Disability. {
Allowed. Act 1828.

N. 28 th
97 th
Loce Gaylord.
private
Comm. line
W. of 1 st and 16. Dec. 1807 & S. J. L. L. L.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Act entitled An Act for the relief of certain Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution approved on the 15 th day of May 1828
I Joel Gaylord of Hudson in the County of Portage and State of Ohio. Do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the War and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a private in the Company commanded by Capt- Constock (according to my best recollection) in the Second Regiment of the Connecticut Line commanded by Colonel Herman Swift. - - And I also declare that I afterwards received certifi- -cates for the reward of eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolution of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778 - And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of May 1828 on the Pension list of the United States nor have I been on the Pension list of the United States at any other time
Joel Gaylord
Witness my hand this 29 th day of August in the year 1828
State of Ohio } Portage County } ss
Before me Benjamin Wheeler a justice of the peace duly author- -ized to administer oaths in the County of Portage aforesaid personally came Elazer Gilson and did acknowledge that Joel Gaylord by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed was a Soldier of the Revolution to his certain knowledge and as he verily believes from the first part of the War to its final termination in the manner as stated in the said foregoing declaration
Witness my hand and Seal this 29 th day of August 1828
Benjamin Wheeler Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio Portage County ss.
Before me Stephen Mason, a justice of the Peace for Portage County, Ohio, in the county of Portage & State of Ohio personally appeared this day Edmund Brantingham of Portage in said County, who made oath that said Brantingham by him, the foregoing declaration was subscribed as generally reported and believed to have been so used in the stirring of the books in manner as herein stated. Witness my hand this 4th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, Stephen Mason Esq.
THE STATE OF OHIO, } ss. Portage County, }
I, SETH DAY, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Portage, in the state of Ohio, do by these presents, certify and make known, that Benj. Whipple & Stephen Mason Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing Deposition was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such Deposition and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit is and ought to be given throughout the United States, and elsewhere.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Ravenna, in said County this fourth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
SDay Clerk.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled An Act for the relief of certain su- -viving Officers & Soldiers of the Army of the Revolu- -tion approved on the 15 th of May 1828 I Joel Gaylord of Hudson in the County of Portage in the State of Ohio do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continen- -tal line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termina- -tion at which period I was a Quarter Master Sergeant in the
Regiment commanded by Col - Scamnel of the Massachusetts Line. And I also declare that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778-
And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of May 1828 on the Pen- -sion list of the United States and that I have not been on said list since the third of March A D 1826 or at any other time -
Witness my hand this 25 th day of June A D 1828
Joel Gaylord
State of Ohio } ss Hudson June 25 th A D 1828 Portage County
Before me Benjamin Wheeler a justice of the peace duly empowered to ad- -minister oaths in the County of Portage in the State of Ohio personally appear- ed this day Abraham Sherman and Stephen Thomson of the said County who did sever- -ally make oath that Joel Gaylord by whom the foregoing declaration was made and subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a sol- -dier in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated - Witness my hand and seal this 25 th day of June A D 1828
Benjamin Wheeler Justice of the Peace

THE STATE OF OHIO, } ss. Portage County, }
I, SETH DAY, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Portage, in the state of Ohio, do by these presents, certify and make known, that Benjamin Whiston Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing affidavit was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such affidavit and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit is and ought to be given throughout the United States, and elsewhere.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Ravenna, in said County this twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
SDay Clerk.

I know all men by these presents that I Joel Gaylord of Hudson in the County of Portage in the State of Ohio. Do hereby constitute and appoint Col Aaron Agden my true and lawful attorney with a power of substitution for me and in my name to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me under the act entitled. An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution. approved 15 th May 1828. as a Quarter Master Sergeant in the Regiment of the Massachusetts line of the Army of the Revolution commanded by Col - Scam -mel - Witness my hand and seal this 25 th day of June A 1828 Sealed and delivered in presence of M c g g W h eden
Joel G. Gaylord
State of Ohio } ss Hudson 25 th June A 1828 Portage County }
Before me Benjamin Wheden a justice of the Peace in the County of Portage in the State of Ohio personally came this day Joel Gaylord whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer or of any attachment levy or seizure by any legal process whatever of the pay therein authorized to be received but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his per- sonal benefit
Witness my hand this 25 th day of June A 1828 Benjamin Wheden justice of the peace
THE STATE OF OHIO, } ss. Portage County, }
I, SETH DAY, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Portage, in the state of Ohio, do by these presents, certify and make known, that Benjamin Wheden Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing acknowledgment was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking

Record Division.
September 19, 1910.
Mr. Criss Frary, Jr. # 62 Cherry Street, Akron, Ohio.
Sir:
In reply to your undated letter received on the 18 th instant, you are advised that Joel Gaylord, Sur. File No. 46,257, was allowed pension on his application executed June 25, 1828, at which time he was a resident of Hudson, Portage County, Ohio. He stated that he enlisted for the War, (date not given) and served to the end thereof as a Private in Colonel Heman Swift's regiment, in Captain Comstock's company, and as a Quartermaster's Sergeant under Colonel Scamell.
There are no other particulars of service; his age is not stated nor is there any information relative to family in the papers on file.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
bonus land added to claim since this was written

Personally appeared Eleazer Gilson and Eleazer Bostwick both of Canfield Township Trumbull County & State of Ohio, and made solemn oath, that Joel Gaylord served with them in the seventh an eighth Connecticut Regiment as a Soldier during the American War Revolutionary War
Eleazer Gilson Eleazer Bostwick Ver te in said Regiments
Subscribed and sworn to at Canfield Trumbull County & State of Ohio this 22 nd day of Jan y 1807 before me William Chidester Justice Peace
Gaylord, Joel Conn - Mass 546357

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Col Gaylord Soldier in the Second Continental Regiment, having faithfu- ly served the United States from Feb. 10. 1777 to and being enlisted for the War only, is
June 17. 1783
hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS th 17 June 1783
By His Excellency Command,
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
J. Clegg Adjutant.
THE above has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for Six Years faithful Service.
Gaylord Joel Conn - Mass 546357

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 10 th 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
16 0 12 32 12 1/2
14 7 1/2 81 2 1/2 2 1/2 1 1/2

The State of Ohio } George Parsons Clerk Pro Tem of Greenbelt County ss } of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify and make known to all whom it may concern that William Chidester Esquire whose name is mentioned in the abbove is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County aforesaid and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his Official Acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Warren the Twenty Eighth day of January A D 1807 George Parsons Clk

A power attorney Joel Gaylin to Samuel Quint

Know all Men by these presents that I Joel Gaylord of Trumbull County and State of Ohio have Made ordained constituted and appointed and by these Do Make ordain constitute and appoint Samuel Ewer of the County and State aforesaid my true and lawful Attorney to recover and receive of and from the United States My one hundred acres of Military Land which I am entitled to for my services as a Soldier in the late War in the State of Connecticut in the 7 Regiment Commanded by Herman Swift Colonel of the said Line I do appoint the said Samuel Ewer My true and lawful attorney for me and in My Name to settle with and to receive of the United States my one hundred acres of land granted to Me by an act of Congress and the Receipt of the same or any part thereof to grant acquittances from time to time as aforesaid shall require granting unto My said attorney my full Power in the premises with Power of Substitution and Ratifying and confirming whatsoever my said Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done In the premises by virtue hereof in witness where of I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this twenty second day of January In the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Seven Sealed and Delivered In the presence of us
Joel Gaylord
Clayton Gilson Ebenezer Dostwick
State of Ohio Trumbull County ss. Personally appeared Joel Gaylord signor and sealer of the foregoing instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed before me William L. Chester Justice Peace

I know all Men by this presents That I Samuel Ewart of Linnel county State of Ohio being bosist of a letter of Attorney from Paul Gayler to recd from the unite State one hundred acres of Metatry land as a soldier ~ Which letter attorney is in the kind of John Laub in the City of Washington and I do hereby construct ~ Namanate and appoint the said John Laub to be my Sun and lawful attorney as a substitute in my name And holle power in the Premises here by ratify Ratifying and confirming to recd from the war offer my warrant for one hundred acres of land for the So Paul Gayler and I do in Power John Laub as a Subute to recd and grant a vidit of the same Such acquittances in and about the same as I with So myself if I was personally present by virtue Hereof in witness whereof I the said Samuel E. hat here to set my hand and seal this fourteenth Day of November One thousand Eight hundred and Seven
Signed Sealed in the presence of us ~ Samuel Ewart Jacob Yost Samuel Ewart
State of Ohio ss
Muskingum County Came before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace truly commissioned for the County after said Samuel Ewart and acknowledged the with above Letter attorney So be his act and deed and that he hath appointed the said John Laub above named to be his Lawful Subute attorney for the purposes therein mentioned And specified witness my hand and seal this 14 day of November A D 1807
Abraham Moyer

No. 1 Original payment - 677 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS. Allowed as per B. J.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Sept. 13. 1828.
Joel Gaylord, of Handlon, in the County of Portage, in the State of Ohio, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain 's company, in the 2 d  Swift's regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson,
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Sept 23 d 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Joel Gaylord in the Connecticut Line . It further appears that Joel Gaylord is now on the pension list of any agency, and has been so since the 5 th March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
Richard Hagner Audr.
Samuel

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#46,357

District of Columbia,
WASHINGTON COUNTY, SCT.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Aaron Ogden the Attorney mentioned in the annexed power from Joel Gaylord do hereby constitute and appoint John R. Nourse my true and lawful Attorney and substitute, to effect all the purposes for which the power from the said Joel Gaylord was granted.
Witness my hand and seal this eighteenth day of July — 1828.
WITNESS:
J. L. Brightwell
Aaron Ogden L.S.
BE IT KNOWN, That on this 18th day of July 1828, personally appeared before me, MICHAEL NOURSE, Notary Public, the above named Aaron Ogden , and acknowledged the foregoing power of substitution to be his act and deed.
Michl Nourse Not. Pub.
[D.]
Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys.
Before me, Michl Nourse Not. Public a Justice of the Peace in the county of Washington in the District of Columbia personally appeared this day, J. R. Nourse, substitut. of Aaron Ogden the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.
Witness my hand, the Notarial Seal this 21st day of July — in the year 1828
Michl Nourse Not. Pub.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of the County of _____ in the State of _____ do hereby certify, that before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this _____ day of _____ [L. S.]

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
August 2. 1828
Portage. Joel Gaylord , of Hudson , in the County of Portage , in the State of Ohio , has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Dr. M c Sergeant , in captain Glascum 's company, in the regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary. H. H. Brinkind.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Aug 7 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Joel Gaylord in the Continental Line . It further appears that Joel Gaylord is now on the pension list of the any agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month .
John Hagner
correct

62 Cherry St., Akron, Ohio.
Dear Sir:-
Kindly send pension record for Joel Gaylord, who was originally from Conn. but resided in Hudson Summit county (or Portage as County was then) in 1806.
Yours truly, Miss Franz Jr.
SEP 13 1910

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3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by a. mar 2. 14/9/10
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____ see, Comrs, their Hudson (summit or Portage Is) Ohio
Claimant _____ Soldier Joel Gaylord Service leav.
Additional Service Res.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191
No claim, combination records _____, 191
REMARKS:
Inv. 7. 46,357 (summit) No other Inv. No Wid. or Res.